If you ever find yourself in the snowy north of Europe or North America then a canine-powered sled may well be what you need to traverse the chilly miles. Pulling you along will be a team of Alaskan Huskies and that also happens to be the name of this online slot from Amaya Gaming. How dose it measure up against the many animal-themed game already available? Read on to find out.

Alaskan Husky is a five reel slot with four rows and 100 fixed paylines; load the game up and it’s the Arctic environment which is the first you notice, cold blue skies and snow-capped mountains occupy the background while icicles hang from the top of the wood-framed reels.

The high value symbols are related to the theme and include huskies, a snow globe, a pine cone, a sled and a piece of jewellery; J, Q, K and A make up the lower values.

The single husky is wild, the scatter symbol shows a husky in what looks like a basket and there’s also an extra tall symbol on which we shall elaborate below.

Bonus Features

Double High Symbol

This is the extra tall symbol and it covers two vertical positions on a reel, helping out with potential wins. If you land just the top or bottom of this icon at the top or bottom of the reels it’s worth the same amount and substitutes for the other.

Expanding/Random Wilds

During the base game or free spins the husky wild may do the following:

Expand upwards 2, 3 or 4 spaces.

Turn another symbol on the reels wild.

Free Spins

The husky-in-a-basket scatter symbol appears on reels two, three and four but if you can land them there you’ll receive ten free spins; there’s no multiplier for your wins but you can trigger more spins by landing more scatters.

Verdict

Alaskan Husky is just about passable but it’s a bit basic and it’s a tough to trigger the various bonus features. The bright spot is a massive is a 100000x jackpot prize for landing five of the extra tall symbols on reel two.